"Funny" week

This week has been so funny.

On Monday night, we went out to Wapello to contact some people. We had a Less Active family named the Kofed's to contact. We drive up to their house and it looks way sketchy and creepy, and it was dark out. There were 8 foot tall fences all around their yard. Sister Leguizamon got kind of scared and said she didn't want to go. So we finally got ready to go and said our prayer of protection. Right before getting out of the car, I saw something BIG move. I turned on the brights, and there is an ELK!!!! We were like, what is an elk doing in someone's yard? We get out of the car and it stands up. We bolted to their front door. They let us in and they were super nice!! We had a nice chat and they let us share a message with them. Sister Kofed said that she is going to start coming back to church! Then we started asking them why they had an elk. They said that they have 12 elk, goats, Yaks and their pet kangaroo just died. They took us outside to go look at all of the animals. I have officially pet a yak. Thank goodness I can cross that off of my bucket list! We asked them who we could go teach and Sister Kofed says, "Oh! I'm so glad you asked! My friend Kate just moved back here a week ago and her husband Jesus said that he wants to be baptized!" We were shocked and excited! So we got their info. We called Kate the next day and she said the same thing. So we set up an appointment for the following day. Jesus and Kate are hilarious. They have been married for almost 1 year! Kate has 3 kids, 2 of the boys were just recently baptized and they are obsessed with temples. They try to visit one anytime they go on a trip. When we got there, Jesus asked us to call him Zeus because everyone calls him Jesus (like Jesus Christ) "But I'm not that guy!" Zeus calls himself a "Mexican Hippie" because he wears his "Corduroy's and Bob Marley Sandals" He is the most relaxed person I have probably ever met. Dan Neff (Assistant ward mission leader) lives across the street and the other day he needed help herding his cows. So he came over and asked Zeus is he was doing anything. He said no. Dan said, "Well I need help herding some cows, can you help me?" So Zeus went out in his sweats and tennies while Dan is in his cowboy get-up and helped him out. That's member missionary work for ya! Well anyways, our lesson went really really good. He said that he is ready to be baptized! He is preparing for November 30th!! So exciting.

After the elk house, we were trying to contact more people. We drove past this house that looked incredibly creepy. The lights were on but it looked like this man was standing in the front door just staring out at the world! We kept driving and I thought I had found the driveway to a house we needed to go to, so I turned down it and then sister Leguizamon says, "Sister Kuhns, this is sand. We are going to get stuck. Let's get out of here." so I try to back out, and yep, you guessed it we got completely stuck. We said a prayer and I got out to try to push the car out. Definitely not strong enough. It was almost 9 and we really needed to get home and it was dark! We didn't know what to do so I said, "Let's just go knock on the neighbor and see if they can tow us out." We looked at what house it was, it was the creepy one we had just drove past! Sister Leguizamon stayed on the lawn and I went up and knocked on the door. They turned out to be a part member family! The wife even recognized me from the hand gun activity a few weeks ago! Lucky for us, they had 3 pick-ups and lots of tow ropes. We all went back to our car and had to dig out lots of sand before they could tow us out. We were in our dresses and had to get on our hands and knees to get all of the sand out. We were so gross after. It was such an adventure!! I loved it! And we are going to go back and try to teach the family :) Heavenly Father puts you in the right place at the right time!

We are still teaching the Eddington's! They are doing so so good. The girls are hilarious. the 3 year old June loves to sing and play her pink guitar. She does the opening and closing song sometimes. She also loves to pray. Yesterday, Kaycee picked on me to say the closing prayer, but June just starting praying about pumpkins instead. They made us Halloween bags with candy and fake mustache's! Have you guys heard of Duck Dynasty? I guess it is this show where these hicks have long beards? Well, Kaycee is going to be one of the bearded men for Halloween! haha! 

We had to go to Pocatello earlier this week to help some sisters and Sister Brinkerhoff took all of us to the temple! What a treat. I love going there - it's so peaceful :) We have just been running all over the place!! There are always things to do and we are so busy. Sometimes it feels like we get no time in our area, but when we look back on it, we realized how Heavenly Father has magnified our time there. We are so blessed!!! 

I just love being a missionary!!! It is so much fun and you get to see so many miracles! I am so blessed. I don't ever want it to end.

I love you all have a fantastic week!

love,

Sister Kuhns

Penuche Frosting....

Hello Family!

Monday started with an amazing experience. We met Brittney. She lives out in Wapello and moved in about 3 years ago. A few weeks ago she asked her friend/neighbor if she goes to the Mormon church and if she could go with. So she went all on her own! On Monday we went to her house and got to know her. When she opened the door for us she said, "I have been waiting for you!!" She has had such a rough life but is making a big turn around. We taught her about the Gospel and how it can bless her family. She told us how badly she wants to invite Christ into her life. It feels like we have known her forever. She has such a special place in my heart. We invited her to be baptized and she accepted!! We have seen her quite a few times now. From getting to know her more, she has some things in her life that she needs to work out so she won't be able to get baptized for a few years, but she is still so strong. We are going to continue to meet with her. Pray for her!

Last night, we were driving to dinner and we passed a house that Sister Riding and I had gone to. They are the Alba family. When we went there, we met the mom Sandra and she said that she was working harvest and to come back in a month or two. So we haven't been back since. But when we drove by, I got the strongest feeling that we needed to go there after dinner. So after dinner, we went back to their house and all of their cars were home. We said a prayer telling Heavenly Father that the desire of our heart was to invite this family to be baptized. So we went in and she was like, "What took you so long!" We taught the whole family except for the dad because he is truckin'. They are a beautiful family! We felt so comfortable in their home and it was a bonus because Sister Leguizamon could speak Spanish to Sandra to help her understand some things. Sandra told us that her home is our home. We started talking about eternal families and how their family can be strengthened from joining the church. We invited them all to be baptized and they accepted!!

I have seen so many miracles this week. We have been trying so hard to keep our mission standard of excellence and be EXACTLY obedient. We fasted yesterday and have felt on fire ever since. The beginning of the week was so hard - Sister training leader stuff, exchanges, people not home etc. But we kept pushing on and would not allow ourselves to be discouraged. 

I love being a missionary. I could do this forever. Coming home is becoming very bittersweet to me. I feel like I finally get it. I am figuring things out and know how to be a great missionary!

I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week :)

love,

Sister Kuhns 

some "classics" for the week:

"When I signed up to give you a ride, all I wanted to know was if I have to be all spiritual with you."

"Good morning sisters! Is the gospel still true?"

That moment when during the Wapello 2nd primary program, a young boy played I am a child of God on a recorder.

That terrifying moment when instead of taking us home at 9pm, our GPS guided us into a corn field. Michael Scott anyone?

That awkward moment when Sister Kissner called us to give us the dinner schedule for the week. When she got to Wednesday night, she said that she and her husband were feeding us. She proceeded to tell us their first and last names and their phone number - all while we were on the phone with her...

That moment when Nurse Nelson said that she and her husband were counting their teeth and they could count how many they had on one hand.

That AWESOME moment when someone made us cake with Penuche frosting!!!!!